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When did the Renaissance take place, and why was it significant?
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14th-15th centuries, after the Black Death; was a period of significant political, economic, artistic, and intellectual change.
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When did Machiavelli live, and what were his occupations?
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1469-1527, diplomat and politician
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When forced to give up politics and exiled, what did Machiavelli do, and when did he do it?
What opinion is conveyed? |
Wrote books, including "The Prince" in 1513.
Advises basing decisions on common sense, not moral principles; "Better to be feared than loved" |
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Where did Petrarch grow up? What did he eventually think of the leaders there?
What were his two beliefs contradicting the church? What did he write? |
Leaders of Avignon= licentious,
Invented and practiced EMPIRICISM and HUMANISM. -Africa, an epic |
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Da Vinci was a great Italian Renaissance Artist.
What did he help shift? |
A realistic portrayal of the human figure to an idealized form.
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Humanism was influenced by who, and what did it deemphasize?
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-Roman and Greek historians
-Divine intervention. *Changed the writing of history, divided the ages |
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Michaelangelo defined what?
What was he influenced by, and what did he sculpt? -What was his nickname? |
The "High Renaissance"
Neoplatonism, The David. -Il Divino/The Divine One |
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What was Raphael accredited with?
What did he try to create in his paintings? |
Many Madonnas,
Tried to create a human beauty that surpassed the norm |
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What was the De' Medici family responsible for?
When were they relegated? Who did they kick out of power? |
Florence's regaining in preeminence in banking 15th century.
1494, expulsion by the French Machiavelli |
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Gutenberg developed_.
It culminated around_. |
Printing
1445-50. |
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When did the War of the Roses break out?
Who was it between, who won? |
1450's
Houses of Lancaster and York Henry Tudor of York defeats Richard III |
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The Hundred Years War took place when?
What did it introduce? What did it define? |
1337- 1453
-Introduced new war tactics -Defined French/English boundaries |
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Feudalism:
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A political/economic system in which a king or queen shared power with the nobility
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What did King William do in 1066?
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Altered the system so everyone worked below him
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Humanism:
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The idea that everyone searches for meaning in life; which is found through education.
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